Improvement in farm gate



lhtittd USt/taut latcnt @titille GYRUS W. SALADEE, OF ST. CATHARINES, CANADA.

Y Letters Patent No. 106,411, dated August 16, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the same.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, .OYUs.W. SALADnn, ot'A St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Improved Gate for Yards, Farms, 86e.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawing and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, in which.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with the gate lowered or near to the ground.

VFigure 2 is the 'same view, with the gate elevated or raised from the ground.'

Figure 3, inside View ot' post K.l

Figure 4 is atop View .of the gate'.

Figure 5 is a top view ofthe clip or band, by which' the intermediate post H is attached to postL. Y

Figure 6 represents the stirrup for supporting the gat'e to the post H.

Figure 7 shows the journal, on which post H rests, and part of the journal-box.

Figure 8 is a `top view ot the journal-box;

The nature 0f my i-nvention consists. in the construction of gates, either' rigid or flexible, as required, and raising or lowering the gate at pleasure,l so as to admit or prevent animals passing through, as maybe desired by the owner, the gate being constructed and v arranged in its several parts as hereinafter. set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its coustruction and operation.

In the construction of my invention, in fig. l, P P Pare the upright parts of the gate; these are made ot strips of wood, in width and thickuess'according. to the strength and size ofthe gate desired.

l 2 3 4 5 6 yare longitudinal strips of wood, made to -correspond with the upright strips P, and are 'secured vtogether by pins or. bolts, with screws, the longitudinal strips being placed between the upright strips. The strips 1 2 3 4 5 V(i are allowed to work loosely on the bolts.

.B B are braces to strengthen the gate, and also work loosely on the bolts.

D is the weight leverfor raising the front end vof the gate, and, atits' front end, is attached to the strip 1 and middle post P. By pressing down the rearA end of this lever, which is weighted by any convenient means, .the front-end of the gate is elevated, (the rear end being stationary until the top of the gate will be in the position as seen at dotted line 1, and the parts of the gate will form obtuse angles.

H is an intermediate, post, to which is attached the gate, by means of the bars A A', the latter' of which.

is also a lever for raising and lowering the gate vertically whileit is rigid.

The stirrup E iits around strip P, and Iis boltedto post H, and moves on said bolt as the gate is raised or lowered.

Post H has'on its lower end castings, I and J, as seen in figs. 7 and 8, also. This intermediate post H, towhich the gate is attached, is secured to the main post L by means of the band F, as also shown in fig. 5.

K is the stationary post at the opposite side of the gate, to which are fixed the catches o o, for holding Y the gate in posit-ion when it is closed by means of -a corresponding catch on the gate, which falls into Y catches o o when the gate is closed.

In fig. 2 the same lett-ers designate like parts ot' my improvement, asin fig. 1. L, in this ligure, represents the bolts. I

In fig. 4 is shown a top view of the gate and post Inits loperation to open the gate, pull down the weighted end of the lever D, and the gate at the opposite side will be raised up, lifting the catch on the gate outjof catch `o. It Ymay be raised until the top of the gate is inthe position of dotted line 1 in fig. 2.

The strips B B and 1 P P, and strips 1 2 3 4 56,

move on the bolts T, and, when thus raised, the parts I It is then swung v of .the gate form' obtuse angles. open, thus lifting it oit' the ground and-snow. lt is then shut by swinging it to. When in this position the lever D is then raised, and the front of the gate is lowered, and the latch falls into catch o, and the g ite is secured. Y

lo raise the gate, itis only needed-to' draw the bolt E', in tig. 1, and raise up the lever A', and the whole gate is raised up, as in tig. 2, when the bolt IF is inserted, as seen in iig. 2, so that such animals as sheep and hogs .can pass under it.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention,

1. The combination of the intermediate post'H with the permanent post 'L and the `flexible gate, as constructed and operated as and for the purposes set forth. Y

2. The braces A and lever A', for raising and lowering the gate, substantially as described, and operatingas set forth.

e CYRUS W. SALADEEL Witnesses:

CHARLES W. SALADnE, WM. JACKSON. 

